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Buying Heartgard in the US

Has anyone here in the US bought Heartgard through 1-800 pet meds??? I put in an order yesterday and just got an email today saying that my vet does not authorize the purchase and I have to pick it up at the vet's office. I wasn't aware that heartworm meds had to be administrated through my vet. This really irritates me that I can't buy it where I choose.

I believe the reason for this is that you can't administer heartworm preventative if the dog has heartworms so you need to have the heartworm test before you can purchase the medication. My vet will write the prescription so I can purchase anywhere else. But since they prefer I buy it from them they will price match.

I called my vet and talked it over...I should have done this before I posted this here. Their price was only a few dollars more than what I could buy online, so I will buy from the vet as I have been. BUT my three have had their heartworm tests this year and have had their physicals....are up to date on their vaccinations....there really was no need for my vet to outright reject the request from 1800petmeds. From the info I got from the vet office I'd have to talk it over directly with the dr. before the dr. would write the prescription. Stupidly, I was not aware that Heartgard had to have a prescription....I was thinking it was as available to buy like Frontline is.